Hjemmelaget tonic

Glemte helt å legge artikkelen ut her på bloggen også! Sjekk ut Rosemary and the deer hunters for flere spennende oppskrifter!Everyone loves a good gin & tonic. With homemade tonic it gets even better.Cinchona bark and sparkling water, tonic water, was used as medicine against malaria in the 1700s. Now a days it is an obvious ingredient in one of the worlds most popular drinks, gin & tonic. It is lots of ways to mix the simple drink do to personal preference, but with your own homemade tonic you can really elevate this to new hights.

Grate the peel off the lime and lemons, chop the lemongrass and have it in a big sterilized jar with the rest of the ingredients. Seal the jar and let stand in the refrigerator for 3 days. Turn it upside down once a day. Double strain through a cloth until it is clear. Bottle and keep in the refrigerator for until three weeks. You can also fill it in an ice tray and freeze it.For use in a gin & tonic, use 1 part tonic essence, 1 part simple syrup (1:1) and 5 parts sparkling water (like Farris) mixed with 2 parts gin.